Fairport Convention, The Cropredy Box
The thirtieth anniversary concert of Fairport Convention

Woodworm Records WR3CD026 (3 CD, UK, 1998)

Un cofanetto contenente 3 cd relativi al concerto di Cropredy del 1997. Si è trattato di una reunion di grande intensità e che ha visto la partecipazione di numerosi artisti, tra cui Dan Ar Braz (in "Rain") e Ralph McTell ("Cut Across Shorty"). Il booklet, con un'introduzione di Simon Nicol, è corredato da significative fotografie di quelle giornate.

Tracks CD 1: First Innings, Friday Evening, 8.8.97
Intro (4:56) - Wings [Ashley Hutchings / K.Nicol] (4:30) - Jack O'Diamonds [Dylan/Carruthers] (3:37) - Time Will Show The Wiser [Emitt Rhodes] (3:14) - Mr Lacey [Ashley Hutchings] (3:11) - Suzanne [Leonard Cohen] (7:05) - Genesis Hall [Richard Thompson] (3:51) - Million Dollar Bash [Dylan, new lyrics by Ashley Hutchings] (4:27) - Come All Ye [Ashley Hutchings / Sandy Denny] (5:23) - Reynardine [Trad. Arr. Fairport] (3:57) - Matty Groves [Trad. Arr. Fairport] (7:38)

Tracks CD 2: Second Innings, Saturday, 9.8.97
Danny Boy [Trad. Arr. spontaneously] (3:11) - Intro (8:29) - Walk Awhile [Thompson / Swarbrick] (4:29) - Now Be Thankful [Thompson / Swarbrick] (3:49) - Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman [Thompson / Swarbrick] (7:32) - Angel Delight [Swarbrick, Pegg, Nicol, Mattacks] (4:38) - Rain [Lennon / McCartney] (7:30) - Cut Across Shorty [Wilkis / Walker] (5:41) - Sloth [Thompson / Swarbrick] (13:06) - Rosie [Dave Swarbrick] (6:02) - Solo [Sandy Denny] (5:23)

Tracks CD 3: The Follow-On, Saturday, 9.8.97
John Barleycorn [Trad. Arr. Fairport] (11:29) - Wat Tyler [McTell / Nicol] (6:37) - Red and Gold [Ralph McTell] (6:56) - Jewel in the Crown [Julie Matthews] (4:13) - Woodworm Swing [Ric Sanders] (5:10) - John Gaudie [Chris Leslie] (5:38) - Fiddlestix [Trad. Arr. Swarbrick] (3:09) - Dirty Linen [Trad. Arr. Swarbrick] (6:36) - Si Tu Dois Partir [Bob Dylan] (4:10) - Meet On The Ledge [Richard Thompson] (7:32)

Tracks CD 3: Bonus Tracks
Seventeen Come Sunday [Trad. Arr. Nicol, Pegg, Mattacks, Sanders, Leslie] (3:08) - The April Fool Tape (5:23)

Produced by Dave Pegg and Simon Nicol. - Recorded live at Cropredy Festival 8th & 9th August 1997 by Mark Tucker - Mixed by Simon Nicol and Mark Tucker, assisted by Rob Braviner at Woodworm Studios, Oxfordshire

Musicians:
Simon Nicol, guitar, vocals; - Richard Thompson, electric guitar, vocals - Ashley Hutchings, bass guitar, vocals - Dave Mattacks, drums - Judy Dyble, recorder, vocals - Vikky Clayton, vocals - Dave Swarbrick, fiddle, mandolin, vocals - Dave Pegg, bass guitar, vocals - Dan Ar Braz, guitar, vocals - Chris Leslie, fiddle, batocaster, bouzouki, mandolin, vocals - Maartin Allcock, guitar, keyboards, vocals - Ralph McTell, guitar, vocals - Jerry Donahue, guitar - Cathy LeSurf, vocals - Bruce Rowland, tambourine - Ric Sanders, fiddle, keyboards